Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance

Check-in and opening events for full-time registrants.

The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance gathers world-class performers, students and community members together at the beautiful oceanfront campus of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine for awe-inspiring nightly concerts and dances, as well as daily classes and workshops. The 2026 gathering, held June 21-27, offers unparalleled instruction in fiddle, dance, piano, guitar, flute, community singing, bouzouki, mandolin, bodhran, and harp.

Concerts are open to the public. Individual concert tickets and weekly concert passes can be purchased here. Seating in Gates Community Center is limited, and concerts often sell out well in advance, so make sure to plan ahead.